diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/SyslogConstants.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/SyslogConstants.java
index c034667..3ded474 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/SyslogConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/SyslogConstants.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public interface SyslogConstants extends Serializable {
     public static final String STRUCTURED_DATA_EMPTY_VALUE = "[0@0]";
     public static final String SYSLOG_DATEFORMAT_RFC5424  = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'";
     public static final int    MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH_RFC5424 =  2048;
-    public static final int    MIN_MESSAGE_LENGTH_RFC5424 =  480;
 
     public static final String CHAR_SET_DEFAULT = "UTF-8";
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslog.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslog.java
index 80fab35..b7bdc37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslog.java
@@ -288,14 +288,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSyslog implements SyslogIF {
         byte[] m = SyslogUtility.getBytes(this.syslogConfig, message);
 
         int mLength = m.length;
-        int hLength = h.length;
-        int expectedMinLength = this.syslogConfig.getMinMessageLength();
-        
-        if (mLength < expectedMinLength) {
-        	throw new SyslogRuntimeException("Message length is: " + String.valueOf(mLength) + " but expected to be at least: " + String.valueOf(expectedMinLength));
-        }
 
-        int availableLen = this.syslogConfig.getMaxMessageLength() - hLength;
+        int availableLen = this.syslogConfig.getMaxMessageLength() - h.length;
 
         if (this.syslogConfig.isTruncateMessage()) {
             if (availableLen > 0 && mLength > availableLen) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslogConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslogConfig.java
index d659bfa..5704c54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslogConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslogConfig.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSyslogConfig implements AbstractSyslogConfigIF {
     protected boolean throwExceptionOnInitialize = THROW_EXCEPTION_ON_INITIALIZE_DEFAULT;
 
     protected int maxMessageLength = MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH_DEFAULT;
-    protected int minMessageLength = 0;
     protected byte[] splitMessageBeginText = SPLIT_MESSAGE_BEGIN_TEXT_DEFAULT.getBytes();
     protected byte[] splitMessageEndText = SPLIT_MESSAGE_END_TEXT_DEFAULT.getBytes();
 
@@ -129,14 +128,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSyslogConfig implements AbstractSyslogConfigIF {
     public void setMaxMessageLength(int maxMessageLength) {
         this.maxMessageLength = maxMessageLength;
     }
-    
-    public int getMinMessageLength() {
-        return this.minMessageLength;
-    }
-
-    public void setMinMessageLength(int minMessageLength) {
-        this.minMessageLength = minMessageLength;
-    }
 
     public boolean isSendLocalTimestamp() {
         return this.sendLocalTimestamp;
@@ -381,7 +372,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSyslogConfig implements AbstractSyslogConfigIF {
     public void setUseStructuredData(boolean useStructuredData) {
         this.useStructuredData = useStructuredData;
         setMaxMessageLength(SyslogConstants.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH_RFC5424);
-        setMinMessageLength(SyslogConstants.MIN_MESSAGE_LENGTH_RFC5424);
     }
 
     public Class getSyslogWriterClass() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslogConfigIF.java b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslogConfigIF.java
index 08e0471..07a17f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslogConfigIF.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/graylog2/syslog4j/impl/AbstractSyslogConfigIF.java
@@ -62,8 +62,4 @@ public interface AbstractSyslogConfigIF extends SyslogConfigIF {
      * @param maxQueueSize
      */
     public void setMaxQueueSize(int maxQueueSize);
-   
-    public int getMinMessageLength();
-
-    public void setMinMessageLength(int minMessageLength);
 }